H.R. 7425: DIRECT Act
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H.R. 7425: DIRECT Act
116th Congress · introduced 2020-06-30 · Agriculture and Food · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2020-06-30 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
DIRECT Act
Plain summary
Direct Interstate Retail Exemption for Certain Transactions Act or the DIRECT Act This bill allows meat and poultry products inspected by State Meat and Poultry Inspection programs to be sold by retail stores, restaurants, or similar retail-type establishments over the internet and shipped by a carrier in commerce (other than for export to a foreign country), provided the meat and poultry products so inspected are shipped directly to household consumers and in normal retail quantities. (Under the inspection programs, the Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service allows states that meet certain requirements to inspect meat and poultry. The state-inspected products are currently limited to intrastate commerce, unless a state opts into a separate Cooperative Interstate Shipment Program.)
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] · 12 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Henry Cuellar (D-TX), David Rouzer (R-NC), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Troy Balderson (R-OH), Michael Guest (R-MS), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Ben Cline (R-VA)
Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Johnson, Dusty [R-SD-At Large] reported raising $1.7 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Words on this page, explained (2)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Exemption
- A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr7425.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>
Record fed-us-cong116-hr7425 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116